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International Service Learning: Engaging Host Communities

I Overview International Service Learning. Engaging Host Communities—Introduction ISL AND HOST COMMUNITIES: LITERATURE REVIEW ABOUT THIS BOOK PROBLEMATIZATION Problematizing Community Problematizing Service Problematizing ISL CONCLUSION NOTE REFERENCES Epistemological, Methodological, and Theoretical Challenges of Carrying Out ISL Research Involving Host Communities. A Conversation II Case Studies: Impact of ISL on Host Communities Saying It Doesn’t Make It So. Do We Listen and Act When the Host Community Tells Us What They Want?CONTEXT AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Waslala, Nicaragua La Parroquia Inmaculada and the WfW: The Original Partners METHODOLOGY POST-COLONIAL THEORY AND HYPER-REFLEXIVITY DEFINING “COMMUNITY” IN ISL SHIFTING FROM A DEFICIT-BASED PERSPECTIVE TO AN ASSET-BASED PERSPECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS OVER PROJECTS: SHARED AUSTERITY AND PHYSICAL PRESENCE SHARED AUSTERITY: “IF THEY DON’T SUFFER LIKE WE DO”PHYSICAL PRESENCE: “HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE YOU HERE”STUDENT LEARNING: CRITICAL GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP HUMILITY: “FALSE EXPECTATION ON THE PART OF THE STUDENT THAT THEY ARE HERE TO HELP TEACH SOMETHING”HISTORY, CULTURE, AND POLITICS: “THE U.S. HAD A FUNDAMENTAL ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY”DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION NOTE REFERENCES Solidarity or Neo-Colonialism? The Challenges of Understanding the Impact of ISL on Nicaraguan Host Communities METHODOLOGY FINDINGS: COMMUNITY RESPONDENTS Overall Opinions of the Program Problems/Concerns Raised FINDINGS: PROGRAM COORDINATORS Intrinsic Advantages for Communities/Residents of ISL Programs Extrinsic Advantages for Communities and Residents Problems/Concerns Raised ANALYSIS Service vs. Learning Dependency vs. Interdependency Individual vs. Community Autonomy DISCUSSION CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES The Economic Circle. Impacts of Volunteerism and Service Learning on Three Rural Communities in Costa Rica THE ECONOMIC CIRCLE OF ISL AND VOLUNTEERISM DIRECT BENEFIT: HOMESTAYS AS PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT HOMESTAYS AS EMPOWERMENT HOMESTAY AS A SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES REDEFINING RECIPROCITY: ECONOMIC OVER RELATIONAL BENEFITS SHORT-TERM OVER LONG-TERM PLACEMENTS SUMMARY NOTE REFERENCES Southern Perspectives on ISL Volunteers. Reframing the Neo-Colonial Encounter HELPING DISCOURSES OF PLACE DISCUSSION Neo-Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, and Post-Coloniality Southern NGO Staff Responses to New Volunteers ANALYSIS CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES International Service Learning in a Tanzanian Host Community. Post-Colonial Insights RESEARCH METHODS BACKGROUND CONTEXT FINDINGS Learning: Skills and Knowledge Differences, Barriers, and Challenges Overall Impressions: Four Themes DISCUSSION NOTES REFERENCES In the Right Relationship. A Case Study of International Service Learning in Eastern Africa BACKGROUND METHODS AND METHODOLOGY EXPLOITATION ENTITLEMENT STEREOTYPES RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUSION REFERENCES Orient(aliz)ation A Case Study of North American International Education Programs at the University of Ghana ORIENTALISM AND ITS VESTIGES INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND THE PURSUIT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION THE GHANAIAN AGENDA ORIENT(ALIZ)ATION OFF THE COLONIAL VERANDA RESISTANCE TO ORIENTALISM CONCLUSION NOTE REFERENCES Struggles for Mutuality. Conceptualizing Hosts as Participants in International Service Learning in Ghana METHODOLOGY MOTIVATIONS Cultural Exchange Children and the Future EXPECTATIONS Living Difference WAYS FORWARD LIFE STORIES EXPERIENTIAL SCENARIO SESSION CONCLUSION: IMAGINING MUTUALITY NOTES REFERENCES ІІІ Rethinking and Re-Imagining ISL and Host Community Relations Reflections From a Nicaraguan Career ISL Program Coordinator. Challenges and Guidelines for Moving Forward BACKGROUND: NICARAGUA MY EXPERIENCES WITH ISL PROGRAMS: LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES Student Learning Objectives Privileged Over Community Needs Donations Organizational Ego Culturally Related Tensions Paternalistic Attitudes RETHINKING ISL-HOST COMMUNITY RELATIONS: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Considering Community Needs An Integral Approach: The Ecuador Example Donation Policies Developing Trusting Relationships Facilitated Cross-Cultural Workshops Changing Paternalistic Attitudes CONCLUSION REFERENCES Many Meanings. Moving Reciprocity Towards Interdependence VARYING CONCEPTIONS OF RECIPROCITY RECIPROCITY THROUGH LEAVING SOMETHING BEHIND RECIPROCITY THROUGH EDUCATION COMPATIBILITY OF THE CONCEPTUALIZATIONS ASPIRING TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN ISL PROGRAMS UNDERLYING DISCOMFORTS WITH RECIPROCITY AS A GUIDING FRAMEWORK THE SHIFT TO INTERDEPENDENCE Interdependence: Restructuring Curriculum and Learning Objectives to be Social-Justice Oriented CONCLUSION REFERENCES Resipwosite as a Guiding Framework for Rethinking Mutual Exchange in Global Service Learning Partnerships. Findings From a Case Study of the Haiti Compact THE HAITI COMPACT METHODOLOGY FINDINGS: RESIPWOSITE Relationship Partner Selection and Choice Negotiation of Partnership Standards CONCLUSION REFERENCES A Cross-Cultural Conversation About International Service Learning in Ghana BACKGROUND BEAUTY, MESSINESS, STRUGGLE: STORIES OF ISL EXPERIENCES IN GHANA LEARNING AND THINKING TO THE FUTURE CONCLUSION NOTES The Potential of ISL. Re-Examining Ethical Engagement Amongst ISL Partners WHY ETHICS MATTER IN ISL A SHARED DISCUSSION OF THE ETHICS OF ENGAGEMENT IN ISL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND THE COMMUNITIES ONE UNIVERSITY’S ENGAGEMENT WITH ISL AND THE QUESTION OF ETHICS CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES Fair Trade Learning. A Framework for Ethical Global Partnerships SEEDING THE IDEAL: A COMMUNITY VISION OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERING: THE ASSOCIATION OF CLUBS AND AMIZADE STRENGTHENING THE IDEAL: LEARNING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP CHALLENGES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED: CHILD RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH FAIR TRADE LEARNING PRINCIPLES THE FAIR TRADE LEARNING RUBRIC: CO-CREATING RECIPROCAL PARTNERSHIPS CONCLUSION Mi Casa Es Tu Casa. A Framework for Reciprocal Public Benefit DEFINITION OF TERMS RECOMMENDED FRAMEWORK CONCLUSION REFERENCES I Am Because We Are. Rethinking Service Learning and the Possibility of Learning From Ubuntu ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RELATIONSHIP TO ‘OTHERS’TOWARD AN ETHICAL PRACTICE OF ISL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOST COMMUNITIES UNSETTLING ISL RELATIONSHIPS WITH UBUNTU A CRITICAL CASE STUDY OF ISL PARTNERSHIP IN TANZANIA TENSIONS BETWEEN TOURISM AND RELATIONSHIP TOWARD A POST-CRITICAL PRACTICE OF ISL REFERENCES Conclusion ISL and Host Communities—Relationships and Responsibility NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS Economic Challenges Socio-Cultural Challenges INTERROGATING IMPLICATIONS POSITIVE IMPLICATIONS Economic Benefits Skills Development Co-Education: Cross-Cultural Understanding Appreciation for Local Culture MOVING FORWARD: A FEW PRAGMATIC SUGGESTIONS Improving Pre-Departure Orientation for Students and ISL Facilitators Improving/Implementing Pre-Arrival Orientation for Host Community Members In-Country Support for Host Community Members ISL STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FRAMEWORKS PARADIGM SHIFT ISL: A RELATIONAL APPROACH REFERENCES

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